Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-02
BOUNDARY PILLARS
d MARK rHE VIRGINIA AND NORTH
CAROLINA LINE.
attempted Assassination-A Negro Shot
A singular Shooting Ia Ashs
county-current Hotes.
fsnoci.l telegram 70 The pisralch.l

"a Especial telegram 10 tho Dispaich.l
u RALEIGH, y. c., July This evening
Eovernor Scales delivered the annual adj
<Aross before the Wilson Collegiate insu.
b,ie. lie WAS introduced by Principal
.xilas T.. Warren, and addressed very
5a3&rge audience.
IA Al the peBuentiayy there arc III course OF
s <<osi,pctton tvr, ntv,eight cranite pillars 10
mail ,be boundary between Virginia and
xn,th tato'ira ~ Fixed by the commission
,sc1x- qbe ,iilats erc Of large and handsome
oes,cn on The pillars are the latitude and
,nnsit,,dc. line name, Of the commissioners
.na sn,yc,ors who made the original sur
vev ard 81 those wps made the recent sur
way. also dates 81 both surveys.
4}yenue Collector Marlboro has received
- "a the capture 81 Illicit distillcricS In
rs1<bam and Person counties in the past
f6Qs days
~ niebf while in his house in Richmond
<s,,niy The shot was fired through q
6r<tw window, the bah striking Legrand
5,<1r iho spinc. The wound l. not IN ,ught
= 81 fatal Bob Lcake (colOrod) Is In jail
& <hxrxed with the crime.
rEUHVERs.
Al test case Of the legality Of the drum.
ustfk -liccnso TAX will now come regularly
>tfore tbc supreme Court OF North Caro-
lina. At EdCnton \. w. Henderson,
baltimore salesman, was arrested by the
xbtrin for failure to have license. Hen.
dfrsOn gave SiGQ h3ll 10 appear before the
next term Of The superior Court Of DIw-
son county. There will be an appeal no
matter how that court decides, and 50 the
case will come mp before the supreme
Court. The matter is one OF special inte-
rests importance.
The Chester aud LenOir narrow-gauge
1Si}ray, IN this state, has been assessed al
~ ratc OF $1,000 per mile.
FeWs has been received Of rCmarNaOle
<no0tinc affair In Ashc county, 40 chill
dfen oil Jacob Miller, sCcd ten ana Twelve
years. were left az home while Tue family
went 10 church. The children found re-
yolxrrs and agreed that they would fight
IKE pleo. They took aim at each other and
pulled triggers. one revolver wa DIS.
CHARGED. and the bullet entered the eye OF
the cidcr girl, INJECTING probably fatal
wou,d.
Tbs revenue collections in this district
dur<pG June were eG5,O0O.
TIE NORMAL SCHOOLS. &C.
Everything l. in rC1iiucss for the OPEN
iov 81 the state NCrur1i schools next week.
&cSPn will then 30 in their summers
work. Tie SESSIONS are from three weeks
a. month in length. The attendance at
the eight " bite normls Zone having already
opened) will probably be over 1000. The
cf,tirsos OF lectures and special work are
cSrefuly arranged. Special-ra,e tickets
have been secured. The teacher is not
ns1lected M North Carolina. that is certain.
The resolution in regard to membership
tn Che Teachers Assembly, which Is TO be
unsupported in its constitution, provides
ths5 q the ONLY persons eligible to member
snip shall be b0H0.1idc teachers, preachers.
sapcrintcnGonis Of education, members Of
state and county boards OF cducltiOn,
school trustees. and editors Of State news.
paper.
This season teachers institutes will be
held IN over bali the counties in the STATE.
1fcre than a dozen are now in session.
CURRENT NEWS.
Colond Wharton j. Green, the owner OF
the TOkay vineyard, one OF the largest in
the country, SAYS the pros pect OF full |
crop OF grapes l. as good ., hc has ever |
known H. III, yicyard /, near Fayetteville, |
but j. on rolling ground. Grapes do not |
DO so Well ON lCycl lands. The 70, and |
Dil0ew attIck them IN many eases. The |
Grape- Growers ASSOCIATION at Raleigh re- |
ports the crop a. perfect in this section, |
and has made all its preparations for ship. |
ming, which will begin in a fortnight.
~ Ex ,COucrc,s. Kitchen, of Halifax |
co<Inty, /, to speak at the state Grange en- |
cannpmCnt I'd Farmers Institute al Mount |
Holly, Geslon county. He will discuss the
eoHmercia fertilizer question, one which
considerably agltalts many farmers.
s Hon. X. =. Battle. precedent Of the uni
vtfsity, will also deliver an address.
There j. To be a great deal OF building
aud other impTo, emcnts at southern Pines,
The new winlor resort, the coming autumn.
Mr. Frank ". CLARK. OF the SeAboard road,
has developed this resort, and in a very
praetica way. A large hotel Is t0 be
erected. TIE feature ot Southern Pines il
tho coltsge life. North IN people own the
lois 10 the number OF over three hundred, |
and build their own hONeS.
< EayettcyIlc celebrates the Fourth Of |
Jnly, and will have the most elaborate Dis
play OF fireworks iu the state. EN-Con.
gffssman Alfred u. Waddell delivers the
Adde'S.
Mr. JobD Robinson, the head Of the De.
paftment oi Agriculture, has retained
from visit 90 Morehoad, AMI take, special
phasure in speaking OF the crops in the
easfern section. lie says they are the best
he ever saw. 4, proof OF that fact he eX-
1fbits siak of corn sixteen feet high
laktH from q field of such vigorous gro with.
The committee 10 visit Washington and
iuxite Prc,idcut Cleveland 10 visit the
NORTH CuroliuI stale Fair left this morning.
Il & composed Of very influential gentle
pien aud carries with IL such invitations rs
Iona be 10 State affair. Il i known that
hePTc,idcnt desire, TO Visit this state, and
L.. a all
tie best possible opportunity, rs he VIII
|ass through Greensboro on hi, Wly from
ht Atantl fair 20 just the time The fair Is
AtId al Raleigh. belief here Is that he
VII come.
SenatOr Nanc address, at Charlotte
,tsterday at the unwilling Of the Confede-
ate monument US in his most forceful
tJie, say those who heard it,. Next Mon
til She geniil and beloved Senator viii
have T6auiun 81 his "old company" in |
~ dnys wusn he was Captain Vance. This
F4G1ton WlIl be held at hts picturesque |
coEnfry sat Gombr0On,0 under the
sha<iow q Black mountain. II will be pa
IbeiiA for OF the 1O7 men in "Rough |
md Nendy Guards" who composed the
spmpany, only seventeen can answer
Ioll-cell Many other people will attend.
'enat0r Vance viii speak, and ne AMI his
'herminp wife will serve an old.fashioned
iiBner in hearty style. No reunion any.
Fkese " I'D be mole pleasant.
The Granville Gray, Of oxford, Can'ain
". A. BJbhiit commanding, have made
eooisitiOn for tents, DC, and 90 into cimb
& Nolobtad July 18th. for ten DAYS.
VIC death Oi Or. Thomas Black, promi-
lnt physician Of Randolph county, Is
tporiod.
lVhe Carthage railway is being rapidly
onstructtd. The cOnyictS are n0W in
eugie OF miles Of that place. TrIcklaylng
VIZ begin in ten days. This road is pr4c-
jc4ifs certain OF extension UiG ParkewOJd
'fhtfe there are ycfy large and valuable
p,;tstonc quarrIe,) TO the line Of Randolph )
etDly.
THE EASTERN SHORE.